N96868 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172P built in 1984. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 5, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172P cancelled June 5, 2013
- Serial number
- 17276125
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1984
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- September 4, 1992
- Last FAA action
- September 17, 2001
- Last owner
- Richard Vehorn Enterprises INC (Corporation)
Dallas, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Taylorcraft BC12-D cancelled September 24, 1973
- Serial number
- 9168
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 21, 1951
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Hull Vernon W (Individual)
Xenia, OH - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N96868
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · serial 172-76125
The failure by both pilots to maintain visual lookout. A factor was the inadequate radio communications maintained by both pilots while in the traffic pattern.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · serial 17276125
DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE DUAL STUDENT AND REMEDIAL ACTION WAS DELAYED BY THE CFI. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE A GUSTY CROSSWIND AND A DRAINAGE DITCH.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site